Engility celebrates first anniversary

The President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony Smeraglinolo was visiting the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake to commemorate Engility's first anniversary as a publicly traded company.

By Mike BodineSTAFF WRITERmbodine@ridgecrestca.com

The President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony Smeraglinolo was visiting the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake to commemorate Engility's first anniversary as a publicly traded company. Engility specializes in technology and training solutions.Engility currently has approximately 120 employees working at the base. Smeraglinolo met with some of the employees and was given a tour of the U.S. Naval Museum of Armament and Technology.Smeraglinolo explained after the museum tour that his company offers solutions to problems not just services. He gave the example of how some companies offer services and some offer solutions. An example of services may be cyber-security. Engility offers solutions to problems and uses the best people to implement them, and all at a great low price. The company works on the F-18 fighter jet.Engility has more than 7,500 employees and currently handles 1,300 contracts at 88 different sites.Smeraglinolo explained that 98-99 percent of its contracts are governmental, with 70 percent of all contracts coming from the Department of Defense and the other 30 percent coming from agencies such as the Federal Aviation Administration.Engility was born from a three-decades long legacy. According to its website, “Engility was launched in 2012 as an independent company made up of leading businesses within L-3's Government Services segments: including MPRI, Command & Control Systems and Software (C2S2), Global Security & Engineering Solutions (GS&ES), Linguist Operations & Technical Support (LOTS) and Engility Corporation and International Resources Group (IRG).”Currently the corporation is, according to its website, “Supporting the development of a workable government in Afghanistan; training police agencies in U.S. communities and around the world; working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to deliver clean, renewable energy solutions; and, augmenting government and military staff in personnel, training and environmental operations worldwide.”Smeraglinolo said he was at the base to send a message that the work being done there is very important and very important to Engility and that Engility plans on being around for a very long time.

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